Thanksgiving Break

We got the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off, which we very nice. I went to Mary's house in Manassas, VA. We left Tuesday evening and got in around midnight, so we had all of Wednesday to work on dinner for Thursday. And don't worry, she did put me to work!

Dinner was amazing and at 1:00 pm. I made my grandma's yam recipe for them, which I added too much liquid to, but which still tasted great. They got to keep the copy of the recipe I had printed.

The next day, we went out coat and boot shopping. It was pretty crazy, but we had fun anyway. My parents had said they would get me a coat for my birthday gift, so I just picked one out in VA. I figured Manassas was bound to have a better selection than San Diego. And I was right.

The next day (Saturday) we spent in sightseeing and turisty-ishstuff, purely for my benefit. We visited the battleground, which was pretty neat, but also pretty cold, so we didn't walk around much. The film in the visitor's center is very good, by the way. We also spent some time around old town, which was really cute. And then I realized that old town means very different things depending on where you live. Old town Manassas looked kind of like Julian, whereas Old Town San Diego is un fiesta grande.

Sunday was spent mostly in driving back. We went to morning Mass at the Pauls' parish. It really made me miss Gene Regard, which I can say because I don't think Mary reads my blog. But just in case she does: no offense meant. Another friend of Mary's, Dani, travelled with us both ways. Just before we left from the church, her dad had to go and curse the transmission, (he basically said something like, "bet your transmission will go out on the way" and fortunately, it didn't wait too long. We were still pretty close to there house when we realized something was wrong. I just heard earlier this week that they got the car back from the shop and it was indeed the transmission. Dani's dad gets the full blame.) so we ended up having to go back to the house and switching to a different car and leaving Mary's mom and brother behind. Now it only remains to be seen if they can afford a new car. Trip was relatively uneventful, and then we got to go to Walmart (a real treat) so I'm all stocked up for finals and studying.

Anyway, there's my rather skellital account of my holiday. I missed my family terribly, especially because, while I was coat shopping, they were in Phoenix, AZ. ('nough said) Photos of Thanksgiving break can be found on facebook.

More updates to come!
God bless,
-Rebekah